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University of Ghana reopens after strike
Posted on with No CommentThe University of Ghana (UG) has announced the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year, following a prolonged strike by teaching staff that disrupted academic activities. In a notice dated October 29, 2024, the university’s Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, confirmed that lectures … Read more →
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Kenya to become visa-free to African visitors
Posted on | CommentKenya is to end visa requirements to all African visitors by the end of the year, President William Ruto has said. “It is time we… realise that having visa restrictions amongst ourselves is working against us,” he told an international … Read more →
GJA Awards: Erastus Asare Donkor crowned P.A.V Ansah 2022 Journalist of the Year
Posted on | CommentThe Multimedia Group’s Erastus Asare Donkor has been crowned the P.A.V Ansah Journalist of the Year at the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. Mr Donkor, who is a journalist with JoyFM, JoyNews and Luv FM, all subsidiaries of The … Read more →
Ghana to produce anti-snake venom locally
Posted on | CommentThe country is set to produce anti-snake venom locally to save the lives of people who are bitten by snakes, sometimes leading to deaths due to the lack of life- saving Serums. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed … Read more →
Bawumia cuts sod for 582 projects – $150m investment across 48 Districts, 6 Regions
Posted on | CommentThe Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the commencement of infrastructural works on a $150 million investment project for 48 districts in six regions. The project is made up of the provision of water, construction of school … Read more →
Rabies: 500 dog bites recorded in Western & Western North Region in 2023
Posted on | CommentRabies is a viral infectious disease that spreads from animals to humans and continues to pose a public health threat to animals in the Western and Western North Regions Though officers from the Veterinary Services Directorate annually embark on vaccination … Read more →
Instagram sued over harm to young people’s mental health
Posted on | CommentMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been accused of misleading the public about the risks of using social media and contributing to a mental health crisis among youth. The claims were made in a federal lawsuit, which … Read more →
Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling game made by PlayStation
Posted on | CommentSony has announced its latest Spider-Man release is the fastest-selling video game made by PlayStation. Spider-Man 2 sold more than 2.5 million physical and digital copies in its first 24 hours, it said in a blog post. The game, developed … Read more →
USA: Republicans pick Mike Johnson as latest House Speaker nominee
Posted on | CommentRepublicans have picked Congressman Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is the fourth nominee put forward after three others failed to win enough support from colleagues, and the second nominee of … Read more →
Police deposit NAM 1 GH¢2.5m at BoG; Court to determine distribution
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Police Service has announced that it has deposited a total amount of GH¢2.5 million received from the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, known as NAM1 to the Police Exhibit Account … Read more →
2023 BECE results: GES fishing out JHS 1 and 2 students who ‘jumped’ classes to write
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken steps to identify unqualified Junior High School (JHS) students in Forms One and Two who skipped classes to sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The GES has consequently instructed all … Read more →
I will ban betting, it promotes laziness – Hassan Ayariga
Posted on | CommentIn a bold declaration, Hassan Ayariga, the founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), has pledged to ban betting if elected President, asserting that it fosters a culture of laziness. Mr. Ayariga contends that redirecting the focus of … Read more →
Liberia’s presidential race goes to run-off
Posted on | CommentA run-off election will be held next month in Liberia following a photo finish between President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai. Mr Weah got 43.83% of the vote and Mr Boakai, a former vice-president, received 43.44%. The … Read more →
27th GJA awards to be held on Sunday October 29th
Posted on | CommentThe 27th annual Ghana Journalists Association’s (GJA) media awards will take place on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at the Accra International Conference Centre at 3pm. The flagship annual event is meant to celebrate professional excellence with awards in 34 competitive … Read more →
EOCO to investigate Prof Adei’s allegation of corruption in road contracts
Posted on | CommentThe Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is to investigate the allegation of corruption in the award of road contracts as alleged by Professor Stephen Adei, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Speaking in a television … Read more →
Akosombo, Kpong dams spillage: 2,000 People displaced in Pru East
Posted on | CommentMore than 2,000 people have been rendered homeless in 15 communities along the Lower Volta Lake Basin in the Pru East District in the Bono East Region. This follows the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong dams, which wreaked havoc, … Read more →
Cholera, typhoid cases increasing in communities affected by the flood
Posted on | CommentA Public Health Practitioner, Abraham Norman Nortey, has revealed that water-borne diseases are increasing in the communities that have been affected by the flood that was caused by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam. He stated that although the people … Read more →
Second aid convoy enters Gaza as Israel PM warns Hamas war is ‘do or die’ – UN
Posted on | CommentMartin Griffiths, the UN’s humanitarian chief, has announced the arrival of 14 more trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza. He said it was “another small glimmer of hope” for Palestinians, but warned they still need “more, much more.” The charity … Read more →
If you want evidence, go to the forest – Frimpong-Boateng to AG
Posted on | CommentFormer Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has responded to the Attorney General’s Office’s statement for “hard evidence” in relation to the allegations in his report on illegal mining activities in the country. The AG’s office, last week indicated that the … Read more →
Dam Spillage: Vice President donates GH¢160,000 to displaced victims
Posted on | CommentVice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a personal donation of GH¢160,000 to victims of the devastating spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam. Several communities in eight districts, mostly in the Volta Region as well as the Eastern and … Read more →
Tadi: Kingsley Ofosu of ‘Deadly Voyage’ fame arrested over alleged €120k fraud
Posted on | CommentKinsley Ofosu, the sole survivor of the famous Deadly Voyage stowaway story in 1992, has been arrested for his involvement in an alleged €120,000 scam. The suspect, who made international headline in 1992 with his miraculous survival from a stowaway … Read more →
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